<!-- Creator : groff version 1.18.1 --> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> <title>MSGCAT</title> </head> <body> <h1 align=center>MSGCAT</h1> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> <a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br> <a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br> <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> <hr> <a name="NAME"></a> <h2>NAME</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>msgcat − combines several message catalogs</p> </td> </table> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>msgcat</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] [<i>INPUTFILE</i>]...</p> </td> </table> <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>Concatenates and merges the specified PO files. Find messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO files. By using the <b>−−more−than</b> option, greater commonality may be requested before messages are printed. Conversely, the <b>−−less−than</b> option may be used to specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e. <b>−−less−than</b>=<i>2</i> will only print the unique messages). Translations, comments and extract comments will be cumulated, except that if <b>−−use−first</b> is specified, they will be taken from the first PO file to define them. File positions from all PO files will be cumulated.</p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p>Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="95%"> <p><b>Input file location:</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>INPUTFILE ...</p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>input files</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−f</b>, <b>−−files−from</b>=<i>FILE</i></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>get list of input files from FILE</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−D</b>, <b>−−directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>add DIRECTORY to list for input files search</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>If input file is -, standard input is read.</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="95%"> <p><b>Output file location:</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−o</b>, <b>−−output−file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>write output to specified file</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="95%"> <p><b>Message selection:</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>-<, <b>−−less−than</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>->, <b>−−more−than</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to 0 if not set</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−u</b>, <b>−−unique</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>shorthand for <b>−−less−than</b>=<i>2</i>, requests that only unique messages be printed</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="95%"> <p><b>Output details:</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−t</b>, <b>−−to−code</b>=<i>NAME</i></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>encoding for output</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−−use−first</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>use first available translation for each message, don’t merge several translations</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−e</b>, <b>−−no−escape</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>do not use C escapes in output (default)</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−E</b>, <b>−−escape</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>use C escapes in output, no extended chars</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−−force−po</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>write PO file even if empty</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−i</b>, <b>−−indent</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>write the .po file using indented style</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−−no−location</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>do not write ’#: filename:line’ lines</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−n</b>, <b>−−add−location</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>generate ’#: filename:line’ lines (default)</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−−strict</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−w</b>, <b>−−width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>set output page width</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−−no−wrap</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−s</b>, <b>−−sort−output</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>generate sorted output</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−F</b>, <b>−−sort−by−file</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>sort output by file location</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="95%"> <p><b>Informative output:</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−h</b>, <b>−−help</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>display this help and exit</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−V</b>, <b>−−version</b></p></td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>output version information and exit</p> </td> </table> <a name="AUTHOR"></a> <h2>AUTHOR</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>Written by Bruno Haible.</p> </td> </table> <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> <h2>REPORTING BUGS</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.</p> </td> </table> <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> <h2>COPYRIGHT</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>Copyright © 2001-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</p> </td> </table> <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> <h2>SEE ALSO</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>The full documentation for <b>msgcat</b> is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgcat</b> programs are properly installed at your site, the command</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="20%"></td> <td width="79%"> <p><b>info msgcat</b></p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>should give you access to the complete manual.</p> </td> </table> <hr> </body> </html>